By Andrea Krook Upon stepping into her shack, I thought she would die. I was right, and I’m not even a doctor. She died about a week later from AIDS, leaving six boys without a parent. Members of my church and I were in the Soweto slum of Nairobi, Kenya in August of 2006 for about … Continue reading Art By Andrea Krook: Assisting AIDS In Kenya
By Jonathan Griffiths Imagine a road that features a whole assortment of houses. There’s a regular two-story family house and next to it sits a puzzlingly large mansion, replete in splendor with manicured lawns and wrought iron gates. Over the road, a humble bungalow sits quietly, looking cozy and charming. There’s a high-rise of flats, … Continue reading A New Neighborhood: Structure and the Church
By Jeff Goins, Editor There are few artists in the Christian music industry that I respect as much as Jason Gray. His humility, talent, and testimony of brokenness all packaged together create an authentic singer-songwriter in an age of hyped-up Christian rock stars. When Jason stepped out of being an independent artist, signed with Centricity … Continue reading Jason Gray: Everything Sad Is Coming Untrue
By Travis Monroe Health care: no other two words have stirred up so many emotions as these lately. Some say health care is a right; others say it’s only a privilege. Some believe that there should be a government-run “public option”; others say it will only expand government control. But where should we, as Christians, … Continue reading The Health Care Question
By Gabrielle Dickinson Written after watching the Invisible Children Rough Cut documentary for the first time: One minute of watching, and my eyes are so accustomed to this sight that they don’t take long to adjust to the window on my screen. My eyes are sore from being apart from the reality of this for … Continue reading Opening My Lens Wide
By Linnea Molgard Awhile ago, my husband Scott and his friend Marc left the comfort of home (and their wives and children) to embark on a “Man Hike” in the Colorado Rockies. Some of them had been blogging about the need for men to get away together, so they met up with some friends (as … Continue reading Male Initiation: A Woman’s Perspective
By Karen Swank I hadn’t been in Switzerland long before my awareness of where I am in time shifted. We went for a walk in Olten, where I was staying. Enjoying a latte mocha under an umbrella at a cafe, I saw the first of many clock towers. As near as I can tell, most … Continue reading Switzerland: New World Lady in an Old World Place
By Sammi Deem Any good teacher will tell you that putting pen to paper when you have something to say is the best thing you can do. As a writer, I couldn’t agree more and Ben MacKinnon took the greatest risk by putting his words out there for the world to see when writing Green … Continue reading Green Bean Spirituality: Book Review
By Nate Chaplin We have all heard the quotes from the gospels about clothing the naked, taking in the stranger, visiting the prisoners, caring for the sick, giving water to the thirsty, and feeding the hungry. And we are so quick to make this checklist of things we need to do as Christians when we see … Continue reading (Not) Feeding the Hungry in the Third World
By Dave Hopwood “You are the best bit of multi-media God has.” A good mate of mine once coined that phrase and it’s stuck with me. “Don’t you dare go making an idol — a small, lifeless, inanimate representation of me,” God once said. You see, he’d already made an image and placed it all … Continue reading There’s No God-Shaped Hole In All of Us